Not a whole lot of big news around here these days. I guess it really IS winter, after having two snow storms in 3 days, with about 8-9 inches of snow so far, reality is sinking in. We expect more snow tomorrow and later on in the week too! Maybe I'll see a 'real' Minnesota winter this year (people tell me I have not seen a real winter in my four years here). Nathaniel has 3 teeth and is not only crawling all over but is also crusing between pieces of furnature and around furnature and starting to get in to things. That's probably the biggest news around here! We had a low-key Thanksgiving with the rest of the Ericksons gone we decided to make it a day at home. Given the hectic pace of life, it was a nice thing to just stay home. For Christmas Carl's folks will be coming to Minnesota and all of the Ericksons will be around so that will be a bit more eventful. Kjersten will have a choir performance on Christmas Eve (as part of the church service). Nathaniel will be baby Jesus in the Thursday night church manger scene next week (which means Carl and I will be Joseph and Mary)-- that's the night we go to church since Carl works sunday mornings now. I guess that's the main news around here!